Lining for metal cans or jars



(No Model.)

' E. HAAS.

LINING FOR METAL CANS 0B. JARS.

No. 417.242. Patented Dec. '17, 1889.

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EDWIN I-IAAS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LINING FOR METAL CANS OR JARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,242, dated December17, 1889. Application filedAugust 18,1888. Serial No. 283,074. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN I-IAAS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Linings for Metal Cans or Jars; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention has relation to metal and other jars or compartments, andmore particularly to that class used for storage of acidulous sirups foruse in soda water fountains, and among the objects in View are toprovide a jar having a lining of rubber, vulcanized in place on thenetting foundation, so arranged within the same as to prevent the sirupfrom coming in contact with the metal of the can or jar of which it iscom posed, and thus preserve the sirup and jar from destruction byreason of the acid coming in contact with theinetal,

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theclaim.

Referring to the drawing, which is an elevation, partly in section, ofone of my jars, A represents one of my improved jars, one side of whichis broken away, with a portion of the rubber removed at one corner, andwith the wire-netting exposed to view.

I make my jars of Wire-netting D,which I weave according to any desiredpattern or design, and then coat this netting both inside and out withrubber, as shown, Where the inside B of the jar has been partlystripped, at C. This rubber may be ordinary soft vulcanized rubber orvulcanite, according to the purpose to which the jar is to be applied,since the proportion of sulphur mixed with the rubber in the process ofvulcanizing is immaterial to the spirit of my invention.

Where the contents are to be acid,as is the case in soda-waterfountains, the vulcanite or hard rubber is preferable, and the rubbervulcanized in placethatis, surrounding the wire-netting, as shown. Bythis means I get ajar of great lightness, also combining the advantagesof the durability of the vulcanite and the strength of the netting. K

Having described my inve11tion,what I claim A can made of wire-nettingembedded in hard rubber, coating it upon both the inside and outside andvulcaniied thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN HAAS.

WVitnesses:

FRANK H. MASSEY, FRANK R. JORDAN.

